February 2009 - Development - lists.drupal.org

My first post: path_set_alias() and multiple aliases
by Nir Aides 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Hi, path_set_alias($path, $alias) inserts a new alias in case there is already an alias for $path. However drupal_lookup_path() keeps picking up the old alias. It makes sense to keep the old alias so links don't break in a website, but why look up the old alias when generating a URL? Is this a bug? Shouldn't the query "SELECT dst FROM {url_alias} WHERE src = '%s' AND language IN('%s', '') ORDER BY language DESC" in drupal_lookup_path() be rewritten as "SELECT dst FROM {url_alias} WHERE src = '%s' AND language IN('%s', '') ORDER BY language DESC, pid DESC" Also, shouldn't this be db_result(db_query_range()) instead of just db_result(db_query())? Nir

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how to pass arguments to custom php code
by Aldo Martinez Selleras 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

i need to execute som custom php code, but i need take some data from database with NID argument, how can i read the NID from current node??? thanks in advanced -- ---------------------- Aldo Martinez Selleras Especialista en Telematica CITMATEL GND Camaguey Tel: 53 32 291661 Linux User #364356

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Programmatic data importing from JSON source
by Paul Hoza 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hello folks, I've been struggling for a long time (way too long) to get a data feed imported into CCK nodes. I've attempted a plethora of different strategies, including but not limited to: FeedAPI, Feed Element Mapper, custom parsers, hacking parsers, tweaking mappers, Yahoo! Pipes to create custom feed versions of the original feed, serialized PHP exports, etc. I'm tired of the project, but I have to find a way to get this to work. So, I found a few articles on programmatically creating CCK nodes and I'm hoping to connect with anyone who's had experience doing this with JSON data. There is an XML/RSS version of this feed I need, but it sucks compared to the JSON version, with respect to how much data is in there and how it's formatted. The XML version hides a lot of crucial info into a <summary> element... which I might be able to parse through separately, but RSS feed aggregators just ignore stuff in there. Again, I'd have to make a custom parser to get in there. Here's an article that hits about as close as I've seen yet. I am leaving for a couple days, so I'll try to get something like this working when I get back, but I hoped to hear from anyone who's done the same thing. Information on using JSON data to create nodes is sparse, but this article hits pretty close to the mark: https://secure.prolucid.com/node/43 I had read other posts about doing similar methods using drupal_execute(), et. al, but they all talk only about XML as data source. I haven't found anything talking about JSON or (un)serialized PHP sources. What I really need to do is do an initial import of the JSON feed into my CCK node (which is a huge feed of 6,200+ items). After that, I want to check the feed every day for changes and create new daily nodes accordingly -- which is why FeedAPI really seemed like the ticket, aside from my massive struggles with making my own parser. For now, I'd be happy with a PHP script that I could call daily with cron. Thanks for any feedback... sorry for the long post. Part rant, part plea. :) Cheers, Paul Hoza

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Re: [development] Back to Curl-based content generation
by Ryan Courtnage 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:47 AM, M. Fioretti <mfioretti(a)nexaima.net> wrote: > - (almost) the only solution I am interested into is how to add new > content remotely, when I cannot alter in any way the configuration > of the server where Drupal runs. I do this on a weekly basis: submit pre-written node content (among other things) to various Drupal sites. For me, these Drupal sites happen to be part of my development environment (local, dev, test, prod). No module installation required. I do it with Selenium. http://seleniumhq.org/ R

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Re: [development] Back to Curl-based content generation
by Ryan Courtnage 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:47 AM, M. Fioretti <mfioretti(a)nexaima.net> wrote: > - (almost) the only solution I am interested into is how to add new > content remotely, when I cannot alter in any way the configuration > of the server where Drupal runs. I do this on a weekly basis: submit pre-written node content (among other things) to various Drupal sites. For me, these Drupal sites happen to be part of my development environment (local, dev, test, prod). No drupal module installation required. I do it with Selenium. http://seleniumhq.org/ R

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Error creating a release
by Ashraf Amayreh 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hello all, I'm noticing this error when trying to create a release: Fatal error: Call to undefined function project_project_access() in /var/www/ drupal.org/htdocs/sites/all/modules/project/release/project_release.moduleon line 212 Just thought I should raise a flag. Although it could just be maintenance work on the site. -- Ashraf Amayreh http://aamayreh.org

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Enhancing drupal quiz module
by sivaji j.g 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hello developers, I would like to join with quiz module developers, here a brief introduction about me and my new ideas for quiz module http://groups.drupal.org/node/19141. I could see a new issues being created everyday by its users here http://drupal.org/project/issues/quiz?states=all. I would like to know the current development work regarding this module and the possible ways to get started to contribute. If you have any suggestions please post it here http://groups.drupal.org/node/19141 will be a good reference for future. -- Thanks a lot ----------------------------------------- http://ubuntuslave.blogspot.com/

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Announcing DRUPAL-7-0-UNSTABLE-5
by Angela Byron 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Helllooooo, devel list! It's that time of the month again! (No, not THAT time of the month, silly... the time when we roll an interim unstable release of Drupal 7 to keep people abreast of what's happening!) Below are some of highlights from UNSTABLE-4 => UNSTABLE-5. For those who like way too much information, I've also attached a copy of the full output from cvs-release-notes.tpl.php showing all commits. http://drupal.org/node/224333#UNSTABLE-5 has the details of contributed module developer-facing changes. Note: Patch Spotlight has once again been "upgraded" and is now part of the "Community Initiatives" handbook. I think I'm finally done moving it around now. :P~ Please check out http://drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core for important places to jump in, or to add your own itch that you're interested in helping to scratch! So, without further ado, here's a summary of what's been going on the last month: For developers: =============== * The biggest news of course is we now have a fabulous Field API in core! HOORAY! While there is still work to do, the initial patch and several follow-ups went in, which allows fields to be attached to both users and nodes. If you're interested in helping with this, please see http://drupal.org/node/361849 for a "jump off" point. * Another big, exciting development is hook_page_alter(). Page callbacks now return drupal_render()able arrays, which modules can then modify before they are output. Some crazy, exciting stuff can be done here. * Lots of documentation fixes/improvements: Thanks to the inclusion of API documentation in core, and thanks in part to our new "Novice" tag (http://drupal.org/patch/novice ), we've had lots of undocumented hooks documented, unclear comments clarified, and incorrect docs corrected. Please keep those patches (and issues) coming! * Comment and Taxonomy modules are now truly optional and can be uninstalled. In more radical news, *Block* module has also been made optional. OoOoOOo, scandalous. ;) * Performance improvements, including adding the ability to disable anonymous sessions to help with the Digg/Slashdot effect, mammoth hook_form_alter()s have been broken up to use hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() instead, and stopping filter_xss_bad_protocol from being called hundreds of time on each page. There is definitely still some work to do, but we're getting there! * Error handling has been improved. Core now uses E_ALL error reporting by default (which helps ensure squeaky-clean code), and changing its sensitivity can be done from a settings page instead of by hacking common.inc. ;) * Nedjo organized a great virtual internationalization sprint, which resulted in fixing of several annoying bugs (locale uninstall being broken, all languages being active in language switcher block) and made important in-roads to more complex features that will hopefully be part of a future unstable release. For users: ========== * Locale interface has been **dramatically** improved. It now behaves a lot more like the watchdog or node content administration screens do. * The vocabulary edit form has been also visually simplified by removing a bunch of needless fieldsets and the "weight" field. Ahhh... * Lots of textual improvements, too. For example, "Input formats" are now "Text formats" which help better describe what they are for. * There are snazzy new forum icons! Hooray! * Administration theme has been moved from under site configuration where NO ONE ever finds it, to the bottom of the themes page where people actually might. ;) Catch you next month, Drupalistas! -Angie

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Incremental filter for the permissions page
by Dmitri Gaskin 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Hello Development, I've been working on a patch that incrementally filters the permission page - patch at http://drupal.org/node/229193 and demo at http://dmitrizone.com/229193.mov . The patch is pretty much ready to be reviewed, except for the fact that webchick has an issue with how it degrades. Currently, without JavaScript, the textfield for searching simply isn't there, and you can't use the incremental filter. Webchick would like it to be degradable. The issue with this is that we already have a 100-line search algorithm for searching in HTML, and we'd need another 150 or so search algorithm to do it server side, which would actually be quite different. CHX has an argument against needing a degradable version at http://drupal.org/node/229193#comment-1260194 : "I think this is fine with working only if JavaScript is there. Drupal works without JavaScript but with reduced functionality already. You can not resize a textarea without JS for example. Autocomplete does not work. This piece is similar." What do you guys think? Dmitri

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by Nancy Wichmann 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Okay, I know that altering the structure of a core table is bad news. I do not want to do that. I have a module that keeps a copy of a file path in its own table. This is de-normalizing the db. What I want to do is to change my table to just carry the file ID and change the queries to JOINS. Thats no biggie. However, someone wants me to also be able to link to an external image. It would not be hard for me to put that URL into the files table and get it back with my normal query. Would this be a legitimate use of the files table? Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin L. King, Jr. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.24/1954 - Release Date: 2/15/2009 6:09 PM

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